Nothing is ever Worth
Clinging to!
A certain Bhikkhu once asked the Blessed Buddha:
Venerable Sir, how should one know and see, in order to eliminate all
ignorance and to facilitate the emergence of real and true knowledge?
Bhikkhu, when one has heard that:
Nothing
is worth clinging to,
then one directly knows everything! Having directly known everything,
one fully understands everything! Having fully understood everything,
one sees & regards all aspects, signs and phenomena quite differently:
As something
remote, as something alien, as something other, & neither
as something that is 'me', nor 'mine', nor as an 'I', a 'self, or an 'Ego'!
One regards the eye,
all forms, visual consciousness,
eye-contact, feelings
& experiences caused seeing quite differently... As something
remote...
One regards the ear,
all sounds, auditory consciousness,
ear-contact, and
feelings & experiences by hearing differently... As something
foreign...
One regards the nose,
all smells, olfactory consciousness,
nose-contact,
& smelled feelings & experiences differently. As something quite
alien!
One regards the tongue, any taste, gustatory consciousness,
tongue-contact,
tasted feelings & experiences differently... As something
superficial...
One regards the body, any
touch, tactile consciousness,
body-contacts and
touched feelings & experiences very differently... As something
external!
One regards the mind, any thought,
mental consciousness,
mental-contacts, &
thought out feelings & experiences differently... As something all
detached!
When, Bhikkhu, whoever knows & sees all signs
and appearances thus, then all
ignorance is left behind by him and real and true knowledge has emerged...
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Detached
Alien Remoteness: |
Nothing
is worth clinging to! |
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More on
Clinging:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Without_Clinging.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Without_Possessions.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Stilling_of_Clinging.htm
Source:
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya. Book IV
[50]
Section 35: On The 6 Senses. The Elimination of Ignorance:
80.
http://store.pariyatti.org/Connected-Discourses-of-the-Buddha_p_1379.html
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/ati_website/html/tipitaka/sn/index.html
